Quote Originally Posted by sharplysurreal View Post
I want to start fresh I like to do high level stuff but more important is a good community and good vibes
How often do you play a week?

Do you plan to watch the cutscenes and read the dialogue for the MSQ or are you going to skip them in a rush to reach endgame?

Do you intend to purchase a job boost and story skip to reach end game even faster?

The Aether data center will probably be best for you in the long run if you're the most interested in high end raiding but you may want to start out on a New or Preferred world if you're going to level your character the "normal" way and don't have a huge amount of time to play each week.

Starting your character on a New or Preferred world gives you a large XP bonus until your selected job(s) reaches level 80. The bonus if started on a New world does not expire until the world's status changes or you transfer it to a different world, The bonus if started on a Preferred world lasts for 90 days. In both cases, you would have to wait 90 days after creating the character before you could transfer it to a different world.

The bonus is big enough that you can usually get at least 2 if not 3 jobs to level cap by doing MSQ with only a minimum of side content. Without the bonus, you'd have to do a fair amount of side content to get more than one job to 90 by the time you complete the 6.0 MSQ (which has to be completed to unlock current end game content).

What makes good community and/or good vibes is subjective. We do have data center travel so you can make one world in the same region your character's home world for the good vibes while traveling to another world when you're ready to raid. You can only join a FC, purchase a house/apartment and access your retainers (extra storage, selling items on the Marketboard) on your home world but otherwise you can do just about any content in the game on the world of your choice as long as it's in the same region.

It's hard to say what the right choice would be for you without knowing more about you and how you intend to approach the game. If your intent is to get to end game as fast as possible using the job boost and story skips, then creating your character on one of the Aether worlds is probably your best bet. If you plan to fully experience the MSQ as you go, then I would suggest a New or Preferred world.